{"id":116012,"date":"2014-12-04T08:54:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T15:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=116012"},"modified":"2014-12-05T15:03:28","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T22:03:28","slug":"mitch-larkin-49-second-blast-win-100-back-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mitch-larkin-49-second-blast-win-100-back-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch Larkin With a 49-Second Blast to Win 100 Back at Worlds – Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOHA \u2013 Another 49-second blast from Mitch Larkin claimed the men’s 100-meter backstroke world title at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Watch Race Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s Mitch Larkin turned up the heat in the men\u2019s 100 back when it counted with a 49-second blast to win the finale at the FINA World Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n

Larkin raced his way to a 49.57, a bit off his world-leading 49.25 from the Australian Short Course Championships earlier this year in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

That swim was good enough to make him the second Australian to ever win this event. \u00a0Matt Welsh won a pair of the world titles in the 100 back in 2002 and 2006.<\/p>\n

Poland\u2019s Radoslaw Kawecki touched out Japan\u2019s Ryosuke Irie and USA\u2019s Matt Grevers for silver, 50.11 to 50.12 and 50.12. \u00a0Kawecki moved to third in the world behind Larkin and Christian Diener (50.10), while Irie and Grevers matched Guilherme Guido for fourth in the rankings.<\/p>\n

Diener wound up\u00a0tying Guido for fifth tonight with 50.21s, while USA\u2019s Eugene Godsoe (50.40) and France\u2019s Ben Stasiulis (50.86) placed seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n

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Name<\/th>\n50<\/th>\n100<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Larkin<\/td>\n23.97<\/td>\n49.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kawecki<\/td>\n24.55<\/td>\n50.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irie<\/td>\n24.45<\/td>\n50.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grevers<\/td>\n23.74<\/td>\n50.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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